This title tells the story of Edward Rulloff – a serial murderer who was called ‘too intelligent to be killed’ – and the array of 19th-century investigators who were convinced his brain held the key to finally understanding the criminal mind. By 1871 Rulloff was captured, chained in a cell – a psychopath holding court while curious 19th-century ‘mindhunters’ got to work. From alienists to neurologists to phrenologists, each one thought he held the key to understanding the essential question: is evil born or made? Kate Winkler Dawson draws on hundreds of source materials to present one of the first glimpses into the mind of a serial killer – a century before the term was coined – through the scientists whose work would come to influence criminal justice for decades to come.
All that is wicked
HistoryAuthor Dawson, Kate Winkler Published by Icon Books ISBN 9781785789656 EAN 9781785789656 Bic Code DNXC|N|JMK Cover Paperback
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